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THE BROOK ALONG THE ROMSEY ROAD 3
THE POET AND THE WOOD-LOUSE 5
“JAM HIEMS TRANSIIT” 7
“VOX CLAMANTIS” 8
SORROW 9
THE MULBERRY 10
THE WINDOW-SILL 11
THE ANGELUS-BELL 12
THE APPLE-MAN FROM AWBRIDGE 13
OF DULCIBEL 15
THE LADY PHEASANT 16
TIME’S TYRANNESS 17
THE GINGER CAT 19
Μονοχρόνος Ἡδόνη 21
A SONG IN A LANE 22
CRIES OF LONDON 23
THE THIRD BIRTHDAY 25
ONE-EYED JOCKO 26
A SUBURBAN NIGHT’S ENTERTAINMENT 27
“A PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT” 30
HELENA TO HERMIA 31
“EFFANY” 32
THE ARK 34
AN UPLAND STATION 36
THE WORSHIPPERS 38
LINES TO A JOURNALIST, ON HIS PRAISING A
NOBLE LORD RECENTLY CREATED 39
THE BELGIAN PINAFORE 41
THE WIND 43
TO BETSEY-JANE, ON HER DESIRING TO GO
INCONTINENTLY TO HEAVEN 45
IN BETHLEHEM TOWN 46
THE MOON 48
A LADY OF FASHION ON THE DEATH OF HER DOG 49
TO A LITTLE GIRL 51
LINES WRITTEN FOR D. E. IN A COPY OF “THE CHILD’S
GARDEN OF VERSES” 52
EPISTLE TO THOMAS BLACK, CAT TO THE SOANE MUSEUM 53
FOR MY MOTHER, WITH A NEW BUTTON-BOX 56
A CHILD BEFORE THE CRIB 57
TO MASS AT DAWN 59
THE NUNS’ CHAPEL 60
THE SNARE 61
A HOUSE IN A WOOD 63
THE CONFESSIONAL 65
EPITAPH ON A CHILD, RUN OVER AND KILLED BY A
MOTOR-CAR IN THE STREET 67
THE WATER-MEADS OF MOTTISFONT 70
THE SENIOR MISTRESS OF BLYTH 72
THE FIRST PARTY 75
SOUVENIR OF MICHAEL DRAYTON 77
“FOUR-PAWS” 79
“FOUR-PAWS” IN LONDON 81
TO MY SISTER DOROTHY, WITH A PASTE BROOCH 83
SESTINA, TO D. E. 84
LULLABY FOR A LITTLE GIRL 86
RONDEAU OF SARUM CLOSE 87
THE KNOBBY-GREEN 88
THE CARCANET 89
TO A TOWN CRIER 90
THE TALE OF JOCKO, A STORY FOR A CHILD 91
THE WAG-TAIL 98
HIGH TIDE AT BATTERSEA 100
TO MY DAUGHTER, WHO TELLS ME SHE CAN
DRESS HERSELF 101
THE BABY GOAT 103
BOURNEMOUTH TO POOLE:
(1) BOURNEMOUTH 105
(2) POOLE HARBOUR 105
THE JAPANESE DUCKLING 107
THE PRIVET HEDGE 108
THE VEGETARIAN’S DAUGHTER 109
HONEY MEADOW 110
AN ELEGY, FOR FATHER ANSELM, OF THE ORDER OF
REFORMED CISTERCIANS, GUEST-MASTER
AND PARISH PRIEST 112
THE REGRET 117
FIRST SNOW 118
TO A CHILD RETURNING HOME UPON A WINDY DAY 119
THE DEATH OF SIR MATHO 120
THE PETALS 124
POST-COMMUNION 126
INDEX TO FIRST LINES 127
[Illustration: BREAD & CIRCUSES]